The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-05-04

Back Up Honest Government.
Sunday night last Mr.. Henry
George, in addressing a labor meet
ing in New York, said with force
and truth, that the days of political
shams are numbered in this coun-
try, and that the workingmen will
throw the full weight of their in
fiuence in favor of honest politics
only. The New York Herald says
amen to this, and declares Elf work
ingmen want reform, not of the
pinchback kind-the kind that poll
itieal schemers howl about when
they want to get the 'ins' out and
get themselves in-but the genuine
article.1s carats fine,they can have
it by pulling altogether and pull
ing with all their strength. y
But in what direction as regards
parties as at present constituted?-
The Herald's answer is plain and to
the point, and we reproduce it.
1t says to the worl5ingmen:
You belong to the democratic
party pure and simple, and minus
any "sham." That party is the
party of the masses; therefore it is
your party. You will insist that
your rights as citizens and wage
earners shall be zealously guarded
by wise. and vigorous legislation?
Good. You will require the leaders
of that party to remove all unnec-
essary taxes and burdens, to get rid
of a corrupting surplus in the treas
ury, to put an immediate stop to the
waste of the peoples money, and to
give the poor man every possible
benefit of the situation? Good
You are right.
Under republican regime mon
opoly was rampant. See for
yourselves how it has grown during
the last 20 years. Great corpora
tions have received great privileges
by which few have become i'm
mensely rich at the expense of the
people. That kind of republicanism
was sham and a humbug. You
expressed an opinion on the subject
in 1884 when You said, ave have
had enough of you-step down. =
Under the same regime your land
has been stolen by the million acres
you see that we are calling a
spade spade-and the farms-your
farms-which your children or your
children's children will want by and
by, have been taken from YOU by
hOcus pocus mixed with perjury
waist deep.
You want TO check monopoly and
reclaim this stolen land? 1t can be
done and yOu can help to do it
When Mr.. Cleveland went to the
White House, at your bidding, he
was pledged to rip open these plots
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. He has been
opposed by interested parties, by
powerful cattle syndicates, by rail
road corporations with millions at
command and shrewd lobbyists in
the capitol to Influence" legislation.
But he is good fighter. Your
party, the party of the democracy,
must stand by him. During the
last two years an area of territory
more than twice the extent of Ire
land has been reclaimed, and the
land grabbers have been told,
You can't have it. Empty youl.
pockets of stolen property
That's good beginning. But
the end is not yet. There is little
use in clearing out one corner and
leaving the others dirty. Your
votes, your encouragement, are
bosom which you put in his hands.
Give him another one, dozen if he
needs them, and tell him to sweep
all the rubbish out of doors and give
us clean place to live in.
THE people are on top says the
Herald i'll conclusion, ''and they in
tend to stay there They can be
trusted. They are the heart as
well as the sinews of the country.
They form the bulk of the dem
ocratic party, and they have at
hand the well devised democratic
machinery with which to make then.
influence felt at every polling booth
and in every Legislature in the
land. "-Er.